Cllr McCarthy: Open Tramore Valley Park, 11 September 2017

September 12, 2017Improve Your Life, Kieran's Council Work, Landscapes, Uncategorizedadmin

Funding for outstanding capital works and revenue operational costs for Tramore Valley Park will be considered in the context of both the Cork City Council’s Draft 2018 Estimates and, the 2018-2020 Capital Budget Programme. Should the necessary finances be available, the intention is to open the park on a phased basis from late summer/early autumn 2018. A figure of between e.50,000 and e.75,000 per annum has been pitched as needed for staffing.

Cllr Kieran McCarthy noted:

“It is frustrating to not see this Park fully opened. We’re at a point again where the date is being pushed out. Millions of tax payer’s money have been invested into converting the landfill into one of the largest public parks in the country. The park is a very ambitious plan of conversion using top level environmental engineers and experience and still and all we are not at the point to open the park, deal with the crowd and parking situation; we have a half empty park and ride across the way to host park visitors”.

“Thousands of people who live adjacent the site want this park opened, no mind residents in the wider area. I have met many many people who are excited about the potential of this public space but are disillusioned by its lack of opening; the lack of a forthcoming opening date does no justice to the normal great work of the City Council’s Parks Department”.

Cllr McCarthy continued; “I have called earlier this year that there needs to be a lot more pressure now by all quarters to get this park opened in the immediate short term and to secure the small scale finances needed to open it. More than ever heavy pressure is needed”.